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P. IE. LORBE.

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WINDOW SASH.

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Patented July 28, i896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERRY'E. LOREE, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO F. A. TAFT, OF SAME PLACE.

WINDOW-SASH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters iatent No. 564,933, dated July 28, 1896. Application filed December 17,1895. Serial No. 572,477. (No model.)

To afZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, PERRY E. LOREE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Sashes; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in window-sashes, and has for its object to provide improvedmeans for manipulating a window-sash for the purpose of washing both sides of the glass without having to sit in the winden7 or to go on the outside thereof.

To this end the invention pertains to a construction and arrangement that will be fully described hereinafter.

Referring to the annexed drawings, forming a part of this application, Figure l is a front elevation of a window having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the center of Fig. l, showing one of the sashes tilted upon its pivot. Fig. 3 is a vertical edge view of a sash detached, showing one of the channel-bars. Fig. 4: is a front eleva-tion of one of the sashes removed from the window-casing. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of a lower corner of a sash, showing means for securing the sash and channel-bar to the casing. Fig. 6 is a section on the line o of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is an enlarged section on the line y y ot' Fig. l, showing other and well-known means for securing the sash in an elevated position when the ropes and weight are not employed.

In the detailed. description similar letters of reference will indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A designates the window casing or frame, with the usual vertical channels a a.

B designates upper and lower sash-frames, iuclosing the glass B.

O designates a metallic channel-bar, prefer` ably made of. sheet metal and adapted to it and move in the channels a ci of the casing.

These bars C are angular, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, and are each pivoted at its center a to the center of the window-sash.

c in Fig. 6 designates a strip of rubber or felt extending throughout the length of each side of the window-sash. This rubber is secured within a longitudinal slot in the edges of the sash and is turned over against the outer edges of said sash and inclosed by the channel-bars. The object of these strips of rubber is to adord a cushion for said channelbars to press against, and also to provide a weather-strip for the exclusion of air. This latter means is further supplemented by providing each of the channel-bars C with flanges e and e', that project over the edges of the sash, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, these ianges e and e extend halt-way on each side of the bar, in order to permit the sash to be placed in a horizontal position or in any position less than the horizontal.

f designates a latch or detent on each lower corner of the sashes, which is adapted to penetrate the opening g in the channel-bar. The obj ect of these latches is to prevent'the sash from turning on its pivot a.

71I is a plate that is attached to a central part of each channel-bar by a screw o', that also forms the pivot for the sash. The upper end of the plate is notched and turned outward, as at i, and affords means for attaching an end of the weighted cord j, the other end of said cord passing through an opening fi in the casing in a well-known manner.

Another well-known means for securing the sashes in an elevated position is shown in Fig. 7. The cord j is dispensed with in this instance, and an edge of one of the channelbars is provided with notches o", with which the end 0 of a spring-latch ois adapted to engage. The said latch is inclosed in an opening in the side of the casing.

- Having fully described my invention, I claim- In a window, the combination with a sash, of channel-bars C pivotally connected to the vertical edges of said sash, and inclosed within the channels of the casing, langes e and c eX- tendinghalf-way of the length of said channel- IOO bars and on opposite sides thereof, Weatherstrps c nolosed between the edges of the sash and the channel-bars, a plate j attached to each of said channel-bars, and to which the Weight-oord is attached, and means for looking the sash and Channel-bars against movement, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

PERRY E. LOREE.

Witnesses:

R. J. MCCARTY, GEO. W. MANNIX, Jr. 

